Salt Lake Herald | 1901-11-19 | Page 3 | Reciprocity is Asked For

RECIPROCITY I IS ASKED FOR FORI t Callers Discuss Subject With Roosevelt 1 t URGE THAT ACTION BETAKEN BE TAKEN I i OPPOSITION HOWEVER COMES PROM FROM CONGRESSMAN DALZELL Washington Nov No IS liThe The presidents presidents presidents dents time thus today was largely taken up in the discussion dl of reciprocity Senator Cullom m of Illinois and Representative Representative of Pennsylvania had hads something s to say K to him on that sub subject J ct j ct and a delegation of agricultural implement manufacturers consisting of or Jams James Jam s Deering of ot Chicago A B Farquhar of York Pa and W V Barker of ot New York who are here to attend the reciprocity convention which meets tomorrow presented pre a memorial strongly urging that some something something something thing be done The delegation told the president that in its opinion the time for action had come Reciprocity had bad been talked and preached about for years and unless a decisive step was taken now which would affect the whole subject it might as well be abandoned The members of the delegation said aid they had no particular interest in any of the treaties but thought taken al altogether altogether altogether together that the French treaty more nearly represented the best possibilities Wes ides in the way of reciprocity and arid that if it could be ratified ed a distinct victory would be won Senator Cullom after fter JUg his interview with the president talked in the same vein His attitude is In considered con as im important important and as actually settled and that he will b be at the head of the for foreign foreign eign relations committee Mr Dalzell who talked with the president for almost half an hour is hostile to all the reciprocity The only reciprocity I favor said he is reciprocity on the basis of nf on competing articles The M JO i nt cut on textile fabrics in th tb i J h treaty would destroy the If r ut iLlS ius tries of Pennsylvania and New jersey While there is just now much talk of reciprocity in my opinion nothing will willbe willbe be done during the coming session of congress Representative Roberts of Massa Manna Massachusetts another of the presidents callers today said there was a strong meat for tor reciprocity in New Eng Ens land at lt It said he we do not want the sort of reciprocity that will open our markets to foreign competitors and give us nothing in return Mr Roberts said that the leather men of the country were organized to secure the removal of the duties on hides